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The Fernwood Community Association (FCA) plays an active role in Fernwood land use and development issues. We act as a liaison between the Fernwood community and the City of Victoria.
The Fernwood Community Association operates from a heritage building at 1923 Fernwood Road. We occupy a small front office on the main floor and the rest of the building including the Main Hall ("Little Fernwood") and a boardroom are available for rental and community activities. Groups using this hall include Theatre Inconnu, Pandora Arts Collective, Good Food Box program, Cafe Sympatico, Power of Hope along with several recovery support groups and one-off community rentals for events, art shows, independent theatre groups, meetings and celebrations.
We also operate two Community Allotment Gardens in Fernwood, one of which we share with the Victoria Compost Education Centre, once a project of the FCA and now a successful independent organization in its own right. Just down the road is Spring Ridge Common, a "Heritage Vacant Lot," once the site of the Spring Ridge School from 1888 to 1968 another project that the FCA started in 1999 and since handed off.
Thanks to CUPE Local 50 & City For Helping Out At Chambers St. Allotment Gardens!
Some of the CUPE Local 50 (City workers) and Victoria City Councillor Chris Coleman, who came out to volunteer on July 23.
CUPE Local 50 volunteers and City of Victoria materials and equipment lent a big hand to the gardeners at the FCA's Chambers St. Allotment Gardens site. A number of stumps were removed and some soil was brought in, enabling the site to add 2 garden spaces and a fruit tree area.
The fence along Chambers St. was peeled back to allow CUPE Local 50 volunteers to bring in loads of soil, along with a stump grinder.
CUPE Local 50 volunteers and allotment gardener Paul Mably level out soil for the 2 new garden spaces added to the FCA's Chambers St. Allotment Gardens site.
In addition to the contributions of CUPE Local 50 workers, and the City of Victoria, site gardeners and the FCA owe a big thank you to gardener Paul Mably, who spearheaded identifying the requirements, and led the advocacy efforts for implementing them. FCA Director Carlos Flores and Councillor Chris Coleman facilitated the CUPE Local 50 and City contributions.
Your comments or questions on this website are welcome.
The FCA site is designed and maintained by Tony Sprackett.
FCA Office Hours
Wednesday through Friday, 10 am - 3 pm
(Updated March 2, 2012)
FCA & City Sign Lease Agreement
Our new lease for the FCA building at 1923 Fernwood Rd. runs through 2021.
(November 19)
Fernwood Photos Online
If you're a Fernwood photographer, think about making a photo contribution or two to the Flickr Fernwood Group. You can run a great slideshow of all the submissions, if you're more interested in just looking at the photos. This group always has fresh content from some pretty awesome local photographers.
Angela Hemming's fernwood365 is a nicely done site with plenty of Fernwood pics.
(December 17, 2010)
Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes of FCA Board of Directors meetings are posted here.